TOS FALL MEETING GREENEVILLE, TN Sept. 30- Oct. 2, 2005 Comfort Inn, Hwy. US 11E 423-639-4185 Sponsored by the Greeneville TOS Chapter Open to all birders. Registration $10.00 Friday, September 30 6:30p-8:30p Registration and refreshments; announcements; sign-up for field trips Saturday, October 1 6:00a-7:00a Breakfast [begins at 6:00 sharp, not before] 7:00a-12:00p Field trips-depart from Comfort Inn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Field trips Trips to the following sites are planned: - Wal-Mart Distribution Center wetlands, Lick Creek Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, and vicinity (Greene County)-waterfowl, raptors, wide variety of passerines - Dutch Bottoms, Rankin Bottoms, and vicinity (Cocke County)-shorebirds, wading birds, gulls and terns, various passerines - Phipps Bend (Hawkins County)-waterfowl, various marsh species, passerines - Camp Creek Bald (Greene County)-raptor migration, permanent-resident Common Ravens and Ruffed Grouse, various passerines -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, October 1 Continued: 12:00p-1:30p Lunch; return to Comfort Inn 1:30p-4:15p Paper session-Comfort Inn conference room Also a brainstorming session to contribute ideas for the improvement of TOS, specifically in the areas of club effectiveness, budgets, and bird record procedures. This might also be a good time for TOS committees to meet. 4:15p-4:30p Break 4:30p Business / Board meeting-Comfort Inn conference room Sunday, October 2 6:00a-7:00a Breakfast [begins at 6:00 sharp, not before] 7:00a-12:00p Field trips-depart from Comfort Inn 12:00p Compilation-Comfort Inn